CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
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rather acute than acuminate at the apex, with the margin more 
crenulated; they seldom exceed 3-4 inches long, 1^-2 inches 
broad, on a petiole 4-10 lines in length ; in rare cases, the leaf 
is 7 inches long, on a petiole only | inch in length. The Coc- 
culus variegatus, Wall., is perhaps a distinct species, remarkable 
for its much larger, oblong leaves, with very short petioles ; they 
are 7-8 inches long, 4^-5 inches broad, on a petiole 8-11 lines 
long. Better evidence is wanting to establish its claims. 
2. Tiliacora fraternaria, nob.; — ramulis teretibus, striatis, gla- 
bris ; foliis obovatis, imo rotundato-truncatis, gradatim an- 
gustioribus, acumine brevi, obtuso, e basi 5-nerviis, margine 
crenulato-undulatis, submembranaceis, glaberrimis, supra sub- 
nitentibus, reticulatis, subtus flavescenti-lucidis ; petiolo sub- 
tenui, glabro ; racemis axillaribus, simplicibus, solitariis vel 
geminis, puberulis, petiolo 2-plo longioribus ; petalis 6, spathu- 
lato-oblongis, apice emarginatis ; staminibus 3; ovariis 3, in- 
curvato-linearibus ; stylo longiusculo, subulato. — In Ceylon, 
1 ). s. in herb. Mus. Brit. (Kaddukkocli) sub nomen “ Smilax 
Zeylonica,” Soc. Frat. Unit. no. 25, a.d. 1785. 
This is a species very remarkable for its hermaphrodite flowers. 
Its internodes are | inch ; the leaves are 3^ inches long, 2^ inch 
broad, on a petiole of 9 lines; the racemes, lf-2j inches long, 
have bracteated pedicels 1|-2| lines long, each bearing one or 
two sessile flowers; three inner sepals 1^ line long, with valvate 
aestivation; six minute petals; only three stamens, slender, double 
the length of the petals, and fixed on their claws, alternate with 
the inner sepals ; three ovaria, opposite the inner sepals, of sig- 
moid form, ventricose, acute at each extremity, 1-celled, with an 
ovule fixed on the ventral side; the anther-cells seem quite per- 
fect and polliniferous. 
3. Tiliacora cuspidiformis, nob.; — T. acuminata, Hook. 6; Th. (in 
parte), FI. Ind. i. 187 ; Thwaites, Enum. i. 12; — ramulis striatis, 
glabris ; foliis oblongis, imo subacutis aut obtuse rotundatis, 
a})ice longe attenuatis, acumine angusto, acutissimo, e basi 
3-nerviis, vix triplinerviis, marginibus subundulatis nervo mu- 
nitis, utrinque glabris, supra viridibiis, nitidis, valde reticulatis, 
subtus pallidioribus ; petiolo tenui, limbo 4-plo breviore ; ra- 
cemo ^ supra-axillari, simplici, folio longiore ; pedicellis lon- 
giusculis, apice 3-floris, imo bractea lanceolata fere sequilonga 
munitis; floribus sessilibus, petalis cuneato- oblongis, lateribus 
introflexis; racemo $ axillari, paucifloro, folio 3-4-plo breviore. 
— In Ceylon, v. s. in herb. Hook, et Mus. Brit. (Thwaites, 1056 ; 
Wight, no. 45 in parte). 
This species is distinguished by its lanceiform and extremely 
